Re: Please Read - Will Delp's toxic mold lawsuit be allowed to go forward?

[Guest guest]

A friend of mine recently did not do well wiyh mediation. she was a third party

but was listed as a first party.

ldelp84227 <ldelp84227@...> wrote: Check this

out, I had a case in 2001 dismissed. Today this was

reposted at a site for the Green Party that was written back in

2001. At the time I had a wonderful man who is the head of the site

and who is very active in Delaware go with me to court when the

judge refused to give me more time. Yesterday I posted the message

below that read " When Will They Listen " .

Will Delp's toxic mold lawsuit be allowed to go forward?

Monday, August 20, 2001 12:00pm

By Alan Muller Email article

Print article

Delp of the Wilmington area is pursuing a pioneer mold case in

Delaware.

After experiencing severe illness she believes is connected to molds

in two rental housing units, she approached many doctors, health

officials, politicians and lawyers without getting the help she

needed.

Note: This case was eventually dismissed, essentially because Ms.

Delp was unable to obtain effective local counsel.

Awareness is growing of the health hazards posed by molds in

buildings. Many molds are very toxic and cause sever illness. More

and more litigation is happening and some observers are predicting

that " mold " with be the " asbestos of the future. "

Delp of the Wilmington area is pursuing a pioneer mold case in

Delaware. After experiencing severe illness she believes is connected

to molds in two rental housing units, she approached many doctors,

health officials, politicians and lawyers without getting the help

she needed. Finally, she filed a lawsuit against former landlords in

the Superior Court of Delaware. ( Kay Delp v. D. Reilly

(Przywara) and Steve Reilly, Arbor Pointe Associates, Stoltz

Management of Delaware, Inc., Civil Action No. 00C-06-211 RRC)

Delp has had great difficulty in finding local lawyers to help her,

and has had to pursue her case " pro se " --representing herself. This

would be tough under any circumstances, but the physical and

cognitive problems caused by her illnesses have prevented her from

meeting the schedule set by the court.

A hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, August 21st, in the Superior

Court in Wilmington, Delaware, at 8:30 AM. Lawyers for the property

owners Delp is suing are trying to get the case dismissed. Delp will

be asking for additional time to find a lawyer.

Courts often claim to be supportive of pro-se litigants, but cynical

observers see it otherwise. In Delaware, where authorities boast of

the role of the courts in serving business and promoting " economic

development, " this case is worth watching. Will Delp have her day in

court, or will her case, to which she has devoted hundreds of hours,

be thrown out? Wait and see.......

Alan Muller

Executive Director

6/21/06

When Will They Listen(About the health dangers of mold)

I will try to be brief. I have been trying to save lives ever since

I became very ill from toxic mold that was growing in the walls of a

home I was living in about nine years ago. Last week I received

some encouraging information for all the sick people all over the

country that have been dealing with this horrible illness, and the

general public is not fully aware that there are so many that are

suffering with this illness.

My previous post regarding " Significant Judgement Impacts Mold

Victims " is very important to the victims, and I wanted to write a

little more about it.

The recent judgment in California that " discredits the entire

foundation of all the medical associations, government documents,

etc " , that illness from mold indoors is improbable has been long

overdue. Apparently several men that write for these journals have

also been getting paid as defense witnesses and getting large sums of

money--and at the same time writing for these government agencies

that inhaling indoor mold does not cause serious illness. I was

perfectly healthy before this illness destroyed my life.

Many that are ill have known this information for quite some time and

have desperately tried to educate doctors, the press, or even our

relatives. We of course have written to our congress, legislators

for so long, there has been legislation that has been dragging for

several years that Congressman Conyers, Mich. introduced HB1269--

previously HB1268.

We tried to warn congress on the internet to document our efforts

right after Hurricane Katrina that New Orleans would be having a

serious mold problem very soon, and of course that has happened and

people are suffering because they did not receive the proper

information.

I myself have written or called Senator Biden, Senator Carper,

Governor Minner,

Congressman Castle many times regarding hearings in Washington

regarding mold or

pleaded for help to no avail. Senator Kennedy did arrange hearings in

Washington

sometime last winter, and I am not sure if any of our representatives

attended.

We are not given information as to who attends these hearings, but

nothing has

been done to help anyone. So much suffering you can't imagine.

Housewives and

teachers are a large population that are getting this illness since

many of our

schools are moldy.

Recently Massachusetts has had serious flooding and now Houston is

dealing with flooding as I write this to you.

I am presently homeless because this illness has had devastating

affects on my family's health and finances. This is what happens to

most people with this illness. Many of us get so ill that we cannot

be around everyday cosmetics because of all the synthetic chemicals

that cause serious asthma, reactive airways disease, organ damage,

etc.

Rep. Henry Waxman, Calif., has written information regarding

the dangerous chemicals in our cosmetics and also written about

letters from Washington writing to other countries warning not to

regulate our products--even though the EU government is starting to

regulate their products.

Even some provinces in Canada are considering getting serious

regarding our

cosmetics, fragrances and limit use in government offices and

possibly bars,

etc. About 70% of asthma is irritant induced and it is becoming an

epidemic

among our children and population. The inhalers do nothing for me.

Avoidance is the only thing that helps. I can even go out on a humid

day like this week and feel better than around fragrance or mold. Of

course in the city or near a grill it is different, but in general I

feel better outside than indoors near these chemicals. So it is

possible to feel better if not for these problems.

My family has moved several times since I became ill, and I have

become so sensitive to chemicals and mold that it is difficult to

find a place where I am not vomiting or living with serious pain

because of mold or chemicals.

Each one of the homes have been very nice but had some kind of

unknown leak. The

last place was a brand new apartment but they put the exhaust system

by all the

windows, so it is basically like having the dryer exhaust coming into

your

window. I can't imagine a baby sleeping by the window and getting all

of the

dryer exhaust, and most mothers don't know this information.

I of course tried to call my legislator and ask why in new

construction they don't consider putting the exhaust systems away

from the windows--because it is very dangerous for everyone,babies,

the elderly

or anyone that has asthma--which seems to be a large part of our

population. No

one returned my call.

I would be happy to send any documents, etc., to back up this

information as I am trying to be as brief as possible. I have been

staying with several relatives and all have very beautiful homes but

unfortunately just about everyone has some type of mold because of

either a small roof leak, gutter problem, fish tanks or ponds that

should be maintained properly. Every one of these relatives has

either asthma, migraines, heart problems and unfortunately most

people just take

a pill and are conditioned to think that mold is not serious and does

not cause

these health problems.

I have tried to educate most of my family, but you can only say so

much especially when you are in such serious need of help. My husband

had seizures in one of the homes we lived in several years ago. If

only people would know how serious this problem is for your health,

so many could avoid such illness.

I don't care if you are Republican or Democrat; I have voted for both-

-someone

needs to do something. I have sat and watched these

elections and so much money being donated to these people, and it is

so sad that all this money is wasted on elections and there are so

many in need in this country and the world for that matter. The

Democrats say they can't do anything until the Republicans are out of

office and the Republicans do nothing either.

Bush had mold in the governor's mansion in Texas in the 90's,

and so did the Governor of Louisiana right before Hurricane Katrina.

You would think they would have done something. Those people were

helped but we are left to suffer needlessly. Some people with this

illness tried to warn the firefighters, etc. after 9/11 to wear

proper masks when going through all that debris, and now so many are

dying at such a young age. It is so hard to sit back and watch this

suffering and be so helpless.

Thank you for you time.

Delp, Delaware

Comment:

After receiving mold complaints from another person whose daughter

was affected

in a public school, we checked with the Division of Public Heath and

were told

that that fall, fifty percent of the schools checked were found to

have mold.

For more information on Ms. Delp's situation see

http://greendel.org/item.xhtml?name=statement_mold01

Alan Muller

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[Guest guest]

Very Interesting, but a little confusing, because on

May 7, 2001, the Delaware Supreme Court upheld a 1.4

million ruling in the Stroat vs. New

Haverford case.

Barb E.

--- ldelp84227 <ldelp84227@...> wrote:

> Check this out, I had a case in 2001 dismissed.

> Today this was

> reposted at a site for the Green Party that was

> written back in

> 2001. At the time I had a wonderful man who is the

> head of the site

> and who is very active in Delaware go with me to

> court when the

> judge refused to give me more time. Yesterday I

> posted the message

> below that read " When Will They Listen " .

>

>

> Will Delp's toxic mold lawsuit be allowed

> to go forward?

> Monday, August 20, 2001 12:00pm

> By Alan Muller Email article

> Print article

>

> Delp of the Wilmington area is pursuing a

> pioneer mold case in

> Delaware.

>

> After experiencing severe illness she believes is

> connected to molds

> in two rental housing units, she approached many

> doctors, health

> officials, politicians and lawyers without getting

> the help she

> needed.

>

> Note: This case was eventually dismissed,

> essentially because Ms.

> Delp was unable to obtain effective local counsel.

>

> Awareness is growing of the health hazards posed by

> molds in

> buildings. Many molds are very toxic and cause sever

> illness. More

> and more litigation is happening and some observers

> are predicting

> that " mold " with be the " asbestos of the future. "

>

> Delp of the Wilmington area is pursuing a

> pioneer mold case in

> Delaware. After experiencing severe illness she

> believes is connected

> to molds in two rental housing units, she approached

> many doctors,

> health officials, politicians and lawyers without

> getting the help

> she needed. Finally, she filed a lawsuit against

> former landlords in

> the Superior Court of Delaware. ( Kay Delp v.

> D. Reilly

> (Przywara) and Steve Reilly, Arbor Pointe

> Associates, Stoltz

> Management of Delaware, Inc., Civil Action No.

> 00C-06-211 RRC)

>

> Delp has had great difficulty in finding local

> lawyers to help her,

> and has had to pursue her case " pro se "

> --representing herself. This

> would be tough under any circumstances, but the

> physical and

> cognitive problems caused by her illnesses have

> prevented her from

> meeting the schedule set by the court.

>

> A hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, August 21st, in

> the Superior

> Court in Wilmington, Delaware, at 8:30 AM. Lawyers

> for the property

> owners Delp is suing are trying to get the case

> dismissed. Delp will

> be asking for additional time to find a lawyer.

>

> Courts often claim to be supportive of pro-se

> litigants, but cynical

> observers see it otherwise. In Delaware, where

> authorities boast of

> the role of the courts in serving business and

> promoting " economic

> development, " this case is worth watching. Will Delp

> have her day in

> court, or will her case, to which she has devoted

> hundreds of hours,

> be thrown out? Wait and see.......

>

> Alan Muller

> Executive Director

>

> 6/21/06

> When Will They Listen(About the health dangers of

> mold)

>

> I will try to be brief. I have been trying to save

> lives ever since

> I became very ill from toxic mold that was growing

> in the walls of a

> home I was living in about nine years ago. Last week

> I received

> some encouraging information for all the sick people

> all over the

> country that have been dealing with this horrible

> illness, and the

> general public is not fully aware that there are so

> many that are

> suffering with this illness.

>

> My previous post regarding " Significant Judgement

> Impacts Mold

> Victims " is very important to the victims, and I

> wanted to write a

> little more about it.

>

> The recent judgment in California that " discredits

> the entire

> foundation of all the medical associations,

> government documents,

> etc " , that illness from mold indoors is improbable

> has been long

> overdue. Apparently several men that write for these

> journals have

> also been getting paid as defense witnesses and

> getting large sums of

> money--and at the same time writing for these

> government agencies

> that inhaling indoor mold does not cause serious

> illness. I was

> perfectly healthy before this illness destroyed my

> life.

>

> Many that are ill have known this information for

> quite some time and

> have desperately tried to educate doctors, the

> press, or even our

> relatives. We of course have written to our

> congress, legislators

> for so long, there has been legislation that has

> been dragging for

> several years that Congressman Conyers, Mich.

> introduced HB1269--

> previously HB1268.

>

> We tried to warn congress on the internet to

> document our efforts

> right after Hurricane Katrina that New Orleans would

> be having a

> serious mold problem very soon, and of course that

> has happened and

> people are suffering because they did not receive

> the proper

> information.

>

> I myself have written or called Senator Biden,

> Senator Carper,

> Governor Minner,

> Congressman Castle many times regarding hearings in

> Washington

> regarding mold or

> pleaded for help to no avail. Senator Kennedy did

> arrange hearings in

> Washington

> sometime last winter, and I am not sure if any of

> our representatives

> attended.

>

> We are not given information as to who attends these

> hearings, but

> nothing has

> been done to help anyone. So much suffering you

> can't imagine.

> Housewives and

> teachers are a large population that are getting

> this illness since

> many of our

> schools are moldy.

>

> Recently Massachusetts has had serious flooding and

> now Houston is

> dealing with flooding as I write this to you.

>

> I am presently homeless because this illness has had

> devastating

> affects on my family's health and finances. This is

> what happens to

> most people with this illness. Many of us get so ill

> that we cannot

> be around everyday cosmetics because of all the

> synthetic chemicals

> that cause serious asthma, reactive airways disease,

> organ damage,

> etc.

>

> Rep. Henry Waxman, Calif., has written information

> regarding

> the dangerous chemicals in our cosmetics and also

> written about

> letters from Washington writing to other countries

> warning

=== message truncated ===

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[Guest guest]

Yes I remember the Stroat case. I tried to get the same lawyer but

since I had to wait for 8 months for an appointment for Dr. Johanning

and then he resigned several weeks after my visit everything dragged

on and I had to work on the case for so long by myself, and

eventually that lawyer couldn't take my case because by that time she

was vey booked, and sometimes they are afraid to take a case that

someone worked on for so long. I had a NY lawyer ready to take the

case, but the judge didnt' give us enough time to get that local

lawyer. Delaware is a very corporate state and I was sueing a very

large corporation. One lawyer that helped me from Delaware in the

beginning to file the case waited til the last day of limitations and

told me he was friends of the people I was sueing. Such ethics.

>

> > Check this out, I had a case in 2001 dismissed.

> > Today this was

> > reposted at a site for the Green Party that was

> > written back in

> > 2001. At the time I had a wonderful man who is the

> > head of the site

> > and who is very active in Delaware go with me to

> > court when the

> > judge refused to give me more time. Yesterday I

> > posted the message

> > below that read " When Will They Listen " .

> >

> >

> > Will Delp's toxic mold lawsuit be allowed

> > to go forward?

> > Monday, August 20, 2001 12:00pm

> > By Alan Muller Email article

> > Print article

> >

> > Delp of the Wilmington area is pursuing a

> > pioneer mold case in

> > Delaware.

> >

> > After experiencing severe illness she believes is

> > connected to molds

> > in two rental housing units, she approached many

> > doctors, health

> > officials, politicians and lawyers without getting

> > the help she

> > needed.

> >

> > Note: This case was eventually dismissed,

> > essentially because Ms.

> > Delp was unable to obtain effective local counsel.

> >

> > Awareness is growing of the health hazards posed by

> > molds in

> > buildings. Many molds are very toxic and cause sever

> > illness. More

> > and more litigation is happening and some observers

> > are predicting

> > that " mold " with be the " asbestos of the future. "

> >

> > Delp of the Wilmington area is pursuing a

> > pioneer mold case in

> > Delaware. After experiencing severe illness she

> > believes is connected

> > to molds in two rental housing units, she approached

> > many doctors,

> > health officials, politicians and lawyers without

> > getting the help

> > she needed. Finally, she filed a lawsuit against

> > former landlords in

> > the Superior Court of Delaware. ( Kay Delp v.

> > D. Reilly

> > (Przywara) and Steve Reilly, Arbor Pointe

> > Associates, Stoltz

> > Management of Delaware, Inc., Civil Action No.

> > 00C-06-211 RRC)

> >

> > Delp has had great difficulty in finding local

> > lawyers to help her,

> > and has had to pursue her case " pro se "

> > --representing herself. This

> > would be tough under any circumstances, but the

> > physical and

> > cognitive problems caused by her illnesses have

> > prevented her from

> > meeting the schedule set by the court.

> >

> > A hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, August 21st, in

> > the Superior

> > Court in Wilmington, Delaware, at 8:30 AM. Lawyers

> > for the property

> > owners Delp is suing are trying to get the case

> > dismissed. Delp will

> > be asking for additional time to find a lawyer.

> >

> > Courts often claim to be supportive of pro-se

> > litigants, but cynical

> > observers see it otherwise. In Delaware, where

> > authorities boast of

> > the role of the courts in serving business and

> > promoting " economic

> > development, " this case is worth watching. Will Delp

> > have her day in

> > court, or will her case, to which she has devoted

> > hundreds of hours,

> > be thrown out? Wait and see.......

> >

> > Alan Muller

> > Executive Director

> >

> > 6/21/06

> > When Will They Listen(About the health dangers of

> > mold)

> >

> > I will try to be brief. I have been trying to save

> > lives ever since

> > I became very ill from toxic mold that was growing

> > in the walls of a

> > home I was living in about nine years ago. Last week

> > I received

> > some encouraging information for all the sick people

> > all over the

> > country that have been dealing with this horrible

> > illness, and the

> > general public is not fully aware that there are so

> > many that are

> > suffering with this illness.

> >

> > My previous post regarding " Significant Judgement

> > Impacts Mold

> > Victims " is very important to the victims, and I

> > wanted to write a

> > little more about it.

> >

> > The recent judgment in California that " discredits

> > the entire

> > foundation of all the medical associations,

> > government documents,

> > etc " , that illness from mold indoors is improbable

> > has been long

> > overdue. Apparently several men that write for these

> > journals have

> > also been getting paid as defense witnesses and

> > getting large sums of

> > money--and at the same time writing for these

> > government agencies

> > that inhaling indoor mold does not cause serious

> > illness. I was

> > perfectly healthy before this illness destroyed my

> > life.

> >

> > Many that are ill have known this information for

> > quite some time and

> > have desperately tried to educate doctors, the

> > press, or even our

> > relatives. We of course have written to our

> > congress, legislators

> > for so long, there has been legislation that has

> > been dragging for

> > several years that Congressman Conyers, Mich.

> > introduced HB1269--

> > previously HB1268.

> >

> > We tried to warn congress on the internet to

> > document our efforts

> > right after Hurricane Katrina that New Orleans would

> > be having a

> > serious mold problem very soon, and of course that

> > has happened and

> > people are suffering because they did not receive

> > the proper

> > information.

> >

> > I myself have written or called Senator Biden,

> > Senator Carper,

> > Governor Minner,

> > Congressman Castle many times regarding hearings in

> > Washington

> > regarding mold or

> > pleaded for help to no avail. Senator Kennedy did

> > arrange hearings in

> > Washington

> > sometime last winter, and I am not sure if any of

> > our representatives

> > attended.

> >

> > We are not given information as to who attends these

> > hearings, but

> > nothing has

> > been done to help anyone. So much suffering you

> > can't imagine.

> > Housewives and

> > teachers are a large population that are getting

> > this illness since

> > many of our

> > schools are moldy.

> >

> > Recently Massachusetts has had serious flooding and

> > now Houston is

> > dealing with flooding as I write this to you.

> >

> > I am presently homeless because this illness has had

> > devastating

> > affects on my family's health and finances. This is

> > what happens to

> > most people with this illness. Many of us get so ill

> > that we cannot

> > be around everyday cosmetics because of all the

> > synthetic chemicals

> > that cause serious asthma, reactive airways disease,

> > organ damage,

> > etc.

> >

> > Rep. Henry Waxman, Calif., has written information

> > regarding

> > the dangerous chemicals in our cosmetics and also

> > written about

> > letters from Washington writing to other countries

> > warning

> === message truncated ===

>

>

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